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2 VERMONT WATCJEIMAN & b'JA'lE JOUttNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBltUARF 15, 1899. MONTPELIER LOCALS. Mr. and Mrs. K h. Cloavos woro tnado hoppy Wudnesdny ovenlng by tho arrlval ot A son. V. A. Hlcli ot Horlln ls tho flrst man to pay tbo flpeclil tax votod by that town, ovor wblch tliuro hu boon aud blds fair to bo mucli contentlon. After tbo clasB work was cotnpletod ut tbo "gytn" Tuosday evenlng an Interostlug gamo of tmskot ball was playotl by tho raetn bors of tbo young inen's class. Tlio Mlssos Pullllps gavo a nolghborhood whlst party Woduosduy ovonlng at tbolr liotue on East Slulo streot. Euough for four tables of oanls woro prosont and a vory ploasaut ovenlng was passed. Tbo tnall carilerB woro lu bard luck on Wednesday. J. F. Goodonough was taken ill and his plaeo was Btipplld by A. 15. "White wbo was in turn takon slck. Artbur Stratton Ib iiow filling tbo pofltlon. Ilarry Irwin was run in by Ofllcer Detnor itt Wudnesday ovonlng for tlio 'stoonth of fonoo of lutoxlcatlou. In city court thls at tornoon bo ploadod not Riiilty. Tbo mauagement of tlio Contral Vormont rallroad provlded a freo traln to brlng tbo granlte matnifacturors from Barro to Mont pelier Wednesday evonlng, and to tako tbera to tlio Granlto Oiiy after tbo banttuot. Tbe Klngs Daughters woro favored wlth a talk by Itev. A. N. Lewis on a doaf and siumb lustltutu wltb wliicli bo is fatntllar, t tbelr meotlug hld ruesday afternoon wltb Mm. F. H. Puffer. Tbo Cecllla Quar tetto also sang Heverul Bolectloua. About a. buudred adtnlrers of tbo manly art anBeinbled ln Armory ball Tuesday veulng to wltnoss a sparrtng exblbillon be twoou Kd. Kurlchtot Montnuliorand Frank Dunn of Granttovlllo. Prellmlnary bonts betweon local men oponed tbo outortaln tuent. Tbo funoral of Mrs. D. W. Teniplo was beld WnilnHidav afternoon from lier lute liomi on Esst Ltberty street, Hev J. Edwnrd Wrlght omelatlng. Tbo auendance of frlenils wus large and tbe floral offerlugs wero uaauy and beautiful. Tlio burial was ln Uruou Mount cemetary. Twouty-llve cottple atteuded tbe "old and young folks ball" at. Middlesex Wednesday evenlng. A good tlm Ib reported by tbosu whoa'tonded. 1'he severo S'Orm prevent- ed niiiiiy Iroiu utlenuing und u Becotui one wlll le beld ruesday eveulng, Kebruary 11 Full bill to be Ulty ciuts. Tbo flrxt was tbree rounds for polnts bo twt'on A Ouok and F. ilolt and plenty of cond hMII Duuchlng was duno by liotli iuiii, botb glvlug and taklug ln a llberal mauuer. At tbe closo roloroo .lerry Dotmnoe (lociar od tbe bout a draw. Frank and Jobn Qatitb ier tben gavo a tbree round exblbltlou of Bclentiflc buxlug uhieh was full of luterest ing mix-ups. A son was born last Sumlayl In Iioston to Mr. atid Mth A M. lluut. Mr. Hunt 1s tbo edltor of Oranlte, a periodlcnl pnbllshed in tbe lntereHlH of grunltf ! mauufacturers. Mr. aud Mrs. Iliint bavo beon at tbo Pa vlllon Heveral weeks ln snuimer for tbo part tbree years, wliere tuey linre mailo uiauy frlends wbo wlll cougratulato tbem upon tbe new tirrival. A ctill alarm was Bounded Tuesday oven ing for a burnlng cbinmey in tbe bullilliiR ocoupied by George H. Wbltney 011 Srate atreet. Tbe Htore was locked at tbo tluie and it uas foared that tlio 11 ro nilitbt do noine datnagB. A bny was sent to flud Wbitney, aud, iiilannderBtaudiuK tbo natne, hoou bad U. S. Wblttier on tbe Bcono wltb a flre extlnguHber wblch it was not found necessary to use. At tbe closo of tbe round, Dr. 0. N. Iliint was called and on oxauiiuatlon satd Kn rlsbt'B wiUt was brnken,aud tbe reforee declared tbe tna cb oll. Dunn Baid bo was sorry tbat Enrigbt bad brokrn blH aru aud was wlllluR to uieet htm agaln wben tlio arm bealed. Altbougb Eniizbt bad tbe nioBt filends in bo audieuce notliing but tbo best of feellngs woro expressed toward Dunn. Georgo SpruIu has rocelved from bls brotber Fellx, wbo is in Porto Kico, about twenly-flve plctures consistlhtt of vlews of lome of tbe publlo bulldiugs and parks, gronps of natives, detacbinentB of tbo Cu ban aud tipanlsh armles, and dlCferent cotn paniea aud regimeuts of tbe Amorlcau army statloned tbore. Mr. Seguln is a mnmber of tbe Forty-soventb New York, wbicb is stationed at Guayna,-l'orto llico, doing garrlson duty. Ilon. Amadee Forget, Governor General ef Manltoba, is ln town. IIo was tbo guest lasr. evening of Iiev. and Mrs. J. Edward Wrlgbt. Gon Forgot was for several years a resldent of Montpelier and a member of tbo fatnily of tbe lato Gcortro W. Reed Mr. Reed left lilm by wlll 81,000, and UuhI ness in connection wltb tbls raatter calls lilm to Montpelier at tbls tlme. He is recelvlng tbe congratulatlons of many friends bnre upon tbe roponslble positlon to wblcb be has recently been appointed. Tbo Washington county case of Tliomas V7. Wood agaLUBl tbe Montpelier Pulillo Llorary asioctatlon wlll be argued in Su preuie oourt bomo day next woek. Tbls caae ls, porbapH, of moro luterest to Mont pelier puuple thau anv that wlll be beard at thepresont term of Supreme court. J. H. Senter niitl E. J. Plielps aro counsel for plalntiiT, and W. A. Ijord and F. A. How- land for defeudant. It Is not probable tbat Mr. Pbelps wlll be present wheu tbe case Is argued. Luco L. Nicbalas, a former resldent of tbls city, now of Barro and Mary Lamora wero arreatfd Wednesday at tbe instance of States Attornoy Hoar. Tboy were takou nnder tbe "blauket aol" and tbo oUouco is alleged to bave been cotnmlttml in Berlin eighteen montbs ago. They were taken beforo Justlco A. G. Fay at Barre, and beld for trial next Wednesday. Ball ln tbe sum of SSOO oacli was Becnrod aud ttiey were ro leaHed frnui ctiBtody, Pollcetxian Lewis Wood ontered as Btuety for Mlss Lamora's appearance, and II, A. Iluae bailed Mr. Nicbolas. A succesBful rebearBal by tbe Phllbar monlo Bocioty was beld Tuesday evenlug in Betbany chapHl, Tblrty ladles and ten genllemen were pre'ietit. Prof A. J. Ptill-lip-t, tbe director, foels tbo need of more malo voicoH, aud it. would Bfetn that a chorus nuuiborltig flfty or Bixty m ght eael ly b ralsed. Tbo Hoclety comuiouced last ovhiiIhc rehearBlng L)r Stoliiei's cautata, "Tbo Daughter of Jalrus." Tbls wlll be proMiiit.-il lu public, wltb a uitHcellaneoiiB progratnme al ilio cIoho of tbe BoaHon, boiiio tiiuo lu Aprll. Sevorul now liiembors Joln cd Tuusuay, and a delogatiou was present from Barre. Tlio lioxt rebearBal wlll be beld TtieMday evenlug, February 11, at a qtiarter past beven, Mrs. Marla Ii, FiHhor, housokeeper for Alonzo D. Pouk, ditnl Wedneday after noon if pneuuinula, at Mr. IVck'M Iioubo on Franklin ntiert, uged nlxty-ilgbt years. Mrs. Wsber was at HeaKm lionpital for treatmmit flevonteen ilays lu January, and on ber return to ber (lulieH at Mr. Pcck's hoine hIib wus attacked with the grlp wblcb di vnb'lK'd Inrn tbe iIIhbuch tbat nled ber lifo. Mrs. FIbIi r bad boou li mok oper for Mr IVi-k for ilio piH' eleven years Kaith fnl to ovcry dut. Iiiipmcd upou ber, cheer ful under hOU . lon aud trial, und ever klnd and tbougbtful for tboite about ber, sho niado many warm friends to whoui ber deatb brlngs nal sorrow. The rftiialnH wlll be taken to Fayston Sat.urday, whero fuueral Bervlces wlll bo bobl. The burial wlll bo besldti ber busbaml lu Fayston. LiiortIa Bldtey, wldowof tbo lato Edwln It, Morae, (lled WedneBday oveulng, aller tin illness of two weeks wlth pleurlsy and pneumonla, aged Beventy oiip yoars. 8he Jeaves one daughter, Mrs, Uharles II Ilea tou of tbls city, and tbree HlHters Mrs. It. D Stewurt of Bristol, wbo teuderly ca id for ber ilnrlng ber last lllneHH, Mrs. John Parker of Waterbury and Mrs. Kuby Jewell of Potalutua, Oal. For Beveral jearsMrs. Morso'a linaltb has been frail, and sbe has beeu conflni-d largely to ber linme. Of ber it can trutbfully bo salil, "She hath dona wliat bIib could." Gentle aud unoBteuta tlnus, a bumblo follower of Ghrlst, her natne is embaltned wltb tbe fragranceotber own good workB and charltles, and ber r - Kidncy and Livcr Troublcs, i Dyspcpsia "I was ulwnys a woll man untll a tavr yenrs ngo -vvlicn 1 bcgun lo Biiffcr scvcro pains ln my stoniacli. At flrst I pnlil little nUcntion to thcm, but tho paiiis rradtittlly grow worso and : 1 fult obltgcd to (io 6omotmiig. I liud bccoino qulto fully con- A vlnccd I was suffcring (rom sonio i i fonn of dyspcpsia compllcateu twlth livcr and kidncy troublcs, and I bcgan tnking Hood's Sor- saparilla wliicli pcrfcctly cured mc. Slncc tla-n, wlicnovcr i lcci all playcd ontl tako Hood's Sar- T ; enparllla and it niakcs mc strong s and liearty. It novor fails to i pivo ino rellcf and cotnfort." y : J. 1$. Emkkton, Auburn, Mc. 5 The Scenery of California Is Biijireino in beauty of nioiiiitaiii, forcst, sea and a skv. 5 Every day tliere :s sonio- thi g now to soo aml do. Tbe liotcla nre llironged 3 wltb tliousauds of happy 4 wilder tourlsts. 4 Only 1 days from Uoston by tbe Califnrnia Limitcd, banta Feo Hoiite. j ' Address 8. W. SIANNINO, N. K. Agt.. 3 Tho Alchinson, Topska & Sanla Fb R. R. 332 Washington Stiikkt, 4 Uoston Mass 4 TO CURE RHEUMATISM. ItemoTO the cnune. To removo tlio came tako WadlolRh'a ntieiiinatlc Cure. Tlint'a alllt'ifor. 1.00 at druRKlaU, orpreuatd by F. K. WADLEIOH, A.ltrn, N. II. LHUII.O llocommond as tha BEST St&r Crown Brond FENNYROYAL PILLS. Iramedlito rellcf. no dtDCer.no Daln, ITied for Tntrt hv lculinir iDecIallstl. II und taonlaU. A trial wHloonTincoyou ofthelriDtrlnilcTftlue ln cuo ol iuppreiirtn. Send ten centi for utuple aud book. All Urupgiita or by idaII 81X0 box, KIIUS HEDICIfiE CO.. Box 1930. BOSTON, MASS. inemrry will be forever blessed. A Bln gular fatality Beeius to bave followed tbls famtly of late. Wlth tbo exci-p-tlon of Mrs. Ileaton, all the members of tbe fatnily circle bave been swept out ot oxlat enoe wlthln the past twelvo weeks. Flrst, tho only son ueorge mot a vlotent doatu between two frlght cars at Barre, two weeks ago Mr Morse was buried after a brlef illueso, and now tbe wifn and mother follows. With the added hfUiotlnn of the death of her fatber-ln.law, Ilon. Homer W. Heaton, trnly Mih. Heatnn, the surviving daughter, baa been afHlcted as aro few rnortals, The Bympatby of ber host of frlendB is wlth bor in theso trylng days. Tbe Temple McCuen company has begun the work of inaugrratliig a Berles of changfs ln tbeir dry goods stoie. Tbo stairway leadlng to the baBement has been cbanged to the center of tbe Htore and will bo snr rounded wltb a ralllng. The ftoor of the baseineut ls to be lald in cetnent and tbe entlre room will be celled. Thls depart inent will be ready for use ln about four weeks and will coutaln curtalns, draperles and otber goods. TbU wlll glve needed rooui on the ground floor for sbowing oloakR, jackets and otber gnods in tbls line. Congratulatlons aro oflercd by the Kkcoiid on tbis freBb evidence of prosperlty, At the close ot tbls bout the prlnclpals of tho ovening mado their appearance. En rlgbt bad cjusiilerable advantage botb In belgbt aud reach but Dunu bad a slight atl vautage In weight ai.d lonked as thougb be inight be a (iangerous uau if crowded. Tbe ilrst round opened with careful work by botb men, but Duun Boon began to force matters a little and a lively exchange wag tbo result. Dunn landed on bls upponent'a tuoutb, drawlug Ilrst blood, lu tbe secoud round Dunn at ill forced ttie flgbt, Eurlgbt getting lu an occaHlotitl remlnder wblch dld not seem to trouble Duun althougb tlicy were warm. Dunn forced his man to the ropes but by clever footwork Enright es caped witb little puuisbment aud made a lead wliicli bad it landed would probably flntsbed tbo bout but Dunn saw blui cora lng and ducked it. Enright led an upper cut wltb his lef', Dunn brought bla rlght down forci'ily ucross Knright's wrlst aud his arm dropped, disabled. Tbe annual tueetlug ot the trustees of the Kellogu-Uubbard llbrary was beld Tues day nfieruoon ut. the library. Tbe old board ot oulcors and trustees was elected, The fliiancial situatlou of tbe llbrary was dla cutsetl at leiigtb. After expondlng all the availabla fuuilH lu tbeir bands tbe trustees H (iil thotnsolveH wltb unpaid bllls atnotiut ing to about $500. It was voted to call In tbo books now tn circitlation, and to lake a lcareful invetitory of tbe samo. Unless tbocUy sees tlt to aid tbls ltisiltutlon lu somo way It. may yet ba obligod to clo"o lts doors untll nueli tluie as avallablo fuiids aro fortbcotuiug, Such n courso would ln ri'grettod by t largo majority of tbo p-oplo of tblsolty, Thls lus llutlon has douu nn ttnlold aiiiouut of good In tliii couitiiiiuity siiice it was nieued to tbo publlo, aud It Is Hlncerely horetl tbat hoiihi way may bo provlded to furnlxh tbe noeesMary funds to licep tbe library opn Tho law pa-sod by tbo leglslature of 1898 does nway wltb auy posslblH legal oliJ.-oiiim that may bcrrttoforo bave oxlsled rcgardlng tbo b'gal light of towus and cltlea to ald and malutalu publlo llbrartos. ITCMINO, llUUNINO ( JCKKl'INO, CUAWLIIIO sklu itlHeasi H relleved In a tnw mliiuies liy Agnow's oln'tuoiit. Dr. Agnew's olutmeut rellevoH Instautly, und cures tetter, salt rbeum, suabl beail, eczxma, ulcers, blotchiis aud all eruptionsol tbe nkln, It is Hoothing and quleting und aots llko maglo ln all babv bumors, Irritutioii of the soalp or rash osdiiritigtootliliig tiiuo. 35 couts a box. 3. 8old by W. K. Terrlll & Co., and Collius Illakely. Dycil in tlio Wnol. Urown Sraith ia a crsnk, isu't lit? Jonos Crank? Why, if ho ahould ovor Qnd tliat ho wasn't in a miuority, lio'd cbango uIb opinions at oncol Puck. City Kcports. Glark B. lloborts, superlntendont of Btroets, has illod wlth Mayor Beutor a fitatemont ot nis accounis ror tuo past yoar. Tho BUtutnary is as follows: Amount pald for labor, 8 8,001.13 Supplios for teatns, 8 OS l'ald tor tonma nircii otusiuo, i.vm n M scoUauoous bllls, ,'I77(U Buporintondont's salary, 1,000.08 Total, 813,323 00 Tho ubovo exponao has boon apportloned to tbo (llfforont dopartmonts ns followH; Btroets, 8 8,242.81 Sldowalka, UU08 Sowors, 850 CO Hrldgofl, o.uu Brldge, (now lron) 21.10 Pormaueut roads, 3,098 44 Mtscellanoous, 18TiCl Total, 813,323 00 Tho amounts pald by warrauts drawu by the rnayor, chargeablo to tho Btreet dopart ment, tbat bavo not paased tbroiigb Mr. Hoborts bands aro divlded as followHi Btreota, 8 7,461.01 Bldewalks, 3 542 09 SeworB, 1,120 fo Brldge at Lano Mfg. Co. 4 W 00 Brldgo repalrs, 30 45 I'erinanout roads, 9,142.52 Hrand Total. 835.050.37. 1'rom tbls amount Ib deduoted ornitltB for Hiindrv ltotns. amountlnc to 82.090 57. mak- lng thn total not expenso of tbls dtparttneut 832,959 80. Mr. Uoberts glves a dotalled Btatomont of tbo macailam roau compieteu in iouo uu Stato, Maln, Loomls aud Llberty Btroets, andon Lownr Maln streot, noar tne mout nnllor aud Wells Ulver denot. Tbo BBWors and grates put ln aro also unumerated In de tnll. nn iirn tbo nlank and concreto sldO' walks, and cro-slngs put ln durlng tbe year. Tho total cost of btilldlng tbo hoavy grau Itn wnll nn East State Btreet noar tbo res ldenco of W. O. Walker wub 82,817 17. and lnr liullillnu tbo rotainlnu wall on Kullerton Btreet was 8487 47. A balauco of 81,304.78 Btands to tho oretllt of the city teauis. Mr. Hoborts cloaos his tborougbly busl ness like report wltb a Htatemnt as to tho coudition of tho city teams and a memo ratiduui of Htook and tools on hand. SUrBUINTKNDKNT Ol? WATKR WOIIKS. Joel Foster, supnrlutoudont of tbe water wotka, has flled wlth tbo mayor bls flf teenth uunual rcpurt, together wlth tho yoarly oxpendltureB for tbe construc tlou, exteuaion, sorvice connectlous, and tbo maiutenance of tbo entlre systom, Somo of tbe flgures aro as follows: Total atuouut of orders drawn for tbe conatruotlou of tbe water wotkn, Includlng n 1 real estate, materlal for cou- Btructlon, etc, S149,728.5G Orders drawn for mercbandlho boiiEbt, labor, exteudlug tnains, utc , for the paat year 4.480 41 8164,208 97 Deduotlng real estate, plpe, gatea, tools, etc, 7.955.85 Total cost of system to date, 8140.253,12 The total nutnber of Bervlce couueclious now in use ls 903. Tbe expeuditures durlng tbo past year bave been as follows: Wrougbt pipe laid, 8 251.00 Gates and hydrants, 1891 90 Bervico countctloDB, 309 00 Buporlnteudent's Balary, 950.00 Suudry expenses, 1011 87 81 480 37 Tbe cash receipts and water bllls col lectoil by tbe city treasurer amount to $14 043 55. From tbls amount tbe city bas appropilated 82,000 toward paying tbe bonded debt. Tbe IncreaBO in yoarly receipts is a mat ter of lntorest. Kecelpts, yoar endlngOct. 1, 1885, 8 1.C81 95 " " 1880, 3,798 25 " 1887, 4 549 21 " " 1888, 8,693 59 " " 1889, 9 522 34 " " 1890, 9,788 60 " " 1891, 10,440 32 " ' 1892 12.105 42 11 " 1893, 13 103 06 " 1894, 12,038 10 " " 1895. 13.183 09 " " 1890, 11,400 61 " " 1897, 11 622 20 " ' 1898, 14,043 55 8 135,838 85 Mr. Foater closes bls report wlth a do talled statement ut stock, toole, real estate, etc, on band. OUIKF OY rOLICK. Jobn L. Tuttle, cblef ot pollce, flled to day wltb Mayor Seuter hU annual report for tbe year endlng February 1. The total nuiuber ot anests inslde the city limita is 65. Ot tbese 45 were for ln toilcatlon, flve for selling llquor, four for breaob of tbo peace, two for search and selzure, two for keeplng a llquor nulsance and one each for the followlng offences: re fusal to Bupport famlly; lnaliciouB mlschlef; rlding btcycle on sldewalk; rlding bioycle witbout lantern; cruelty to animals; insan ity. Total amount ot city warranta tor ex- Ssnso of polloo department, 81,725; pald O. ! Demeritt, 8633; pald Lewis Wood, 8737; salary of cblef, 850. Mr. Tuttle glves a sumraary ot tbe work performed by tho regular and speolal po licemen wlth thelr boura of aervice, and furthersays: "The city ls to bo congral ulated tbat it bas cloaed tbe year wlth no diBturbance in lts Mreets, no serious dls turbancos of any klnd anywbere, no incen dlary flres, no burglartes or gravo ctime ot any klnd, ln fact, bo peacelul aud quiet has it boen tbat all personB could feel safe in the streets day or nlgbt. A contlnuance of tbis most deslrable stato of affalrs, and at tbe samo tlme addlug mucb to the efllctency ot the nigut pollce force, would be tbe buru ing ot our Btreet latups tlll daylight." CITY ATTOUNRY. Tbe annual report of F. P. Carleton, city attorney, ahows tbat tbere ls now pendlng tbe suit bonght by D. h. Fuller to reoovHr taxos pald by lilm lu the years 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897 aud 1898, also a oase ol Coltou & Moro io recover taxes pald by them. Tbe pauper case of the city against tho town ot Elmore bas beeu decldod adversely to tbo city, lu closlng bls report Attoroey Carle ton states that lie has eudaavored to enforce tbe city ordimtiues lu such a manuor as to creato as little bardsbip as posslble aud at the same tluie bring tbo ordluauces iuto ro xprot. This statemeut will be vuuched tor by all wbo aro fauilliar wltb the manner lu wliicli be has performed the dutles of tho ofllco. A hoilHeliold nocoHslty Dr. Tliomas' Ec lectrlo Oil. Ileals burns, cuts, wounds ot any sort; ouros sore tbroat, croup, catarrb, asthma; uevor fails. - CoiirchHlonul rriiccutlings. Wasiiinoton, Keb. 7. Kor two bours or more tlio Smiate ilisoUNHml the MuEuory roHolutlon, dt-oluratory ot a pobcy of thls governmuut In tho I'lilllpplnes. No voto wus reaubed and the resnlutlou went to tbo oalonilur In Hccnrdanco with tbe noiice glvoii Monilav evotilng Mr. Tlllman ad ilrested tbo Smiiln upon tho roHolutlon, niakl g a cbaracterlstlually plQiurenquu ar guiiiHiit lluuialntalned tliat acloar, expllclt aud dlreot reHolutlou ought to bo adopiod aud not one that, wus liieaiiliiglosi and lu conHtquental. IIo predlciod that dlre ro. sullB would foliow the ratiflcatlou ol tbe treaty uiilfHB tbe Unlted States tteated tbe txlamlera wlth alwolutn tlrmness aud gavo tbem Belf.goverumeut. Mr. Lodgo of Mas BacliUHettB followed wlth a Btroug reply to Mr Tlllman lu wblch ho alated clearly and dlreetly tbo coudltlona as they confronted tbo TJnlted States from tbe Pblllppines. Wabhinoton, Feb. 8. Tho Bauato devot od nearly tbe ontlro day to routine bual. ness. The Indlan approprlatlon blll wblch baa been pendlng for Beveral weeks was comtileted and paRBed. The leglslatlvo ez ocutive uud judtuial approprlatlon blll was taken up but ultor twunt)-four pages ot it bad beon dlspoaed of it was lald asldo for tbo day. A fow measurea ot mluor Impor tanco woro nassod. Mr. Lodso of Maaiu- cbusettB reported from the comtnlttoo on riniing a joint resuiutiou appropriatiug 4,200 for tbo nubllcatlon of mans aud tuxts of Btirvoys mado last sutuuier lu Alaska by tbo geologlst Htirvoy. Tlio roBolutlon was adopted. Mr. ltoss ot Vormont gavo no- ttco tliat lio would U8 k tlio Honato to pay lts trlbuto to thn lato Senator Mortill Febru ary 22, Immedlately aftor tbo reading of wasnmgiou'H larowoll aaureas. Mr, uu lluger ot Now Ilampshtre, cbalrman ot tbo pnuslonB corntnlttee, reported a blll to re sloro punsioiis to holdlera wbo had forfeltod inetu uy eullstmeut lu tbo war .wltb Bpalu. Mr. Gallluger explalued that thoso uiou not only had lust thelr peuslous duriug thelr aervlco In tbo war wltb Bpaln, but bad loat tbem permauoutly. Tho blll pro vldes tbut penHlotiB may be restored from the dato ot tbo appllcatil'M diacharge from ino army. run tnll was passeu. riunnsTBiiiNa in the housk. Tho net result ot tho work ln tbo IIouso for the two days allotted for uonslderutlon ot publlo bulldlngs blll was tho paasago ot a Blnglo blll provldlug for tbe erectlou of a bnlldlng ut Nowport News, Va., at a cost of 875,000. Blxty-IIve IiIIIb in all, carrylug or autliorlzlug tho t-xpetidlturo ot about 812, 000,000 were favorably consldered ln com mltteo of tbe wbole, wben the ommlttoe rosu but becauso Hevouteen uther bllls re ported bad not. beeu acted upou in comtnlt tee, llllbusterliig tactlca woro resorted to and all ellorts to advance tbo bllls favorably acted upon lu commltteo wero blucked. Tbo Bocond bill aiproptlatlng 847,000 for a butldlng at Uialr Cll , Nob., got as far as the tbird roadlng wben a domaud (or tbe produulion of tbo engroased blll pruveuted it from btlug placed upon lts passago, Tbo previuus qiiestluu had beeu ordeird ou tbo Altoona, Pa., blll, carrylug S125.C00 wben lue llouse adjournod, bo tliat It wlll no tuo uufliilidied biiHlness Tbursduy, All tbe otber bllls, liowevor, lose tho prlvileged status tbey bad in vlrtue ol tlio special or dor. Auothor day, tborefore, wlll bave to be allotted to seunre huiIdu upon ilieui, and nasurauces bavo ulrt udy boeti obtalned for auothor day ns soou hb tho approprlatlon bllls aro out of tho way Tweu'y.four bllls wero tavorubly acted upon by tbe comtnlt tee to-da. Somo uuatilmous consHiit busl liens was tritnsaoted boloro tbo connlder ation of the niiblic bulldiugs blll wus re- Biimoit, Mr. CurlUs, of Mlcbigan, called up tho Honato bill to uuiotid tbo law reiiulriug ballots for tbo membors of Congress lo be wrlttou or (iriuted su as to permU tbo uso of macblues whero uutborlzud by the laws ot the Siute. MansacbUBettB, Mlcbigan aud Beveral uther States now employ tho ma cblnes in State, county and munlcipal elec- tloUB. Wasuinqton, Feb. 10. Tbroughout lts opou henniou tho Seiialo badunder conslder atlon the legislative, executlvo and judlcial approprlatlon bill. A lively debate was preclpitated over tbe appnprialiiu for tbe support of tho ofllco ot the nupervislng ar cbiiict of ilm Ireamiry and the ofllclal was criticlHbd for tho delay in tbe constructiou of publlo bulldlngs thronghout the Unlted States. Tbe Prestdnnt transmltted to tbe Sonate a Btateuient from tbo secretary of war, to gether wlth otber papers in reply to a reso lutlou itiquiring wbether auy fraucblse or conce8ions bavo been grauted In Cuba nlnco thn milltury occupatl in ol tbat island. Tbo Becretary sajB that noue havo been granted acd nddx that the executlvo orders dated Decotuber 22, 1898, beariug upun tbls subject, bavo beeu couimuuicated to the commandtug generals in Cuba and Porto Hlcoandhajs tbo department ls not advls ed tbat any conceBsious bave been made. A NOTK OY WAHNINO. Cbairman Cannon, of the IIouso Apprla tion commlttee, ln tbo course of tbe general debate on the Sunday clvll bill, souuded a note of waruing agalnst excravagant appro prlattous aud practlcally Herved notlce tbat neltber the sliip Bubsidy bill nor tbe Nlca ragua canal bill could be pissed at tbis bob slon. Althougb be epecill ally diBclalmed speaklng for any one but bimself the state ments be mado comlug from tbe cbairman of the appropiiatlons committee caused great interest. Mr. Caunon mado a general statement of the reveuues aud expendlturea for tbe present llscal year increasing Secre tary Oage's ostlmate of the deflclHnr'.v ln tbo revenues from 8112,000 000 to 8159,000,- 000 excluslve ot tbe 80,000,000 to be pald to Spaln nnder tbe provlbions of tho treaty of Paris. "I owe my wbole llfe to Burdook Blood Bitters. Scrofnlous sorea covered my body, 1 Heemed beyond cure. B. B. B. baa made rao a pertectly well wcman." Mrs. Charles Hutton, Bervllle, Mlch. Vermont Nows. Tbe snit of L. S. Ilaves of Bellows Fails agaluBt Conductor Wyman of the Kutluud rallroad, for tbe alleged converMon of a mileage book was beard Tuesday before Justlco C. II. Wllllams at Bellows Fails. Ajury was empanelled and a verdictwaB rendered ln favor of tbe plalntltf Tlio rallroad company took an appeal aud wlll carry tbe case to tho bigher courtB for a de oialou, to-day's hearlng bavlng no barlng on the caso as a questlon ot law. The case baa exclted mucb attention tbroughout the State and ls a tnoat lmportant one blnging on tbe alleged rigbt ol a passenger to travoi on a mileage book isBued to auothor party and UBed ln violatlon of tbe cotnpjny's con tract and contrary to the established rules and regulatlons of the road. Heman A. Buck, poatmaBter at Troy, Vt., was taken before Unlted States Commls sioner Jobn Young at Newport Tuexday, charged wlth embezzllng post-ofUce funds at Troy by issning mouey orders to the amount of nearly 8100, and bavlng no money on band lo meet tbe orders IIo was in charge ot Unlted States Marslial Fred A. Fiebt. Dlstrlct Attorney Martin appeared tor the Unlted Btates und Post oOlce lu spector Willis, wbo has worked up the case wus bIho present, Tbo monoj recelved on the$0 orders bas been covered back Into tbo treasury of tbe Unlted States. Mr. Buck waived examlnatton aud wus bouud over In tbe sum ot 8500 for bls appearance at tbe next term ot court. Jobn Qardyiio of North Troy furulshod ball. Washington county cases wero takon up in Supreme court thls mornltig, The flrst heard was Horbert It. Slas agalust tbo Con solldated ljlghtiug Uoinpany. l'luintill was badly iujiired lu tho fad ot 1895 by an eleo trlc llgbt pole on woich ho wasatwoik, talllug to tbo ground Sult wus broughi and u verdlct ot S3.200 (lamagns was roii deroil. Jiidemout on verdlot. Kxcepiious by dofendaut wero Uled lu January, 1898, J. W. Gordou and II. A ltoar for plalnlilf; II. A. IIuso aud J. II Souter for dofendaut. Woolsou Ilrotbors asainxt D Ii Fulbir & Son, general asnuunwit, was next taken up. Tbls caie was not coinpletod at tbo iioou rozess. Ilarry Shurtlell for plaintllt; T. K. Gordon lor dotetidaut. F. C. CbambHrUln of Buston, wbo ls asHiiclated wltb J. O. Coumbs, and wbo nas lu M mtpelier last Outohor ou Imslueos cou iieoieil wMi tho Contral Veriiiunl rallroad bill, ls at the Pavlliou. Mr. ('.liiiiiilierlln iut3i tbls afternoon, at tho grand Jury room, the Montpelier and vlnulty stuckholders lu tho Umou Loau aud TriiBt Oomiiauy otSloux City, Ia , who also beld dobouturu bonils ln the Iowa aud California Laud Company. Mr. Obamberlaln was olojeted wltb theso luteroHted partles for nuvenl bours thls afternoon. It ls underBtood tbat ho wlshes to galu tbulr cousunt to Hotno plan wbereb) tho mattur may bo wouud up, ultber by purobasing thelr stock at u certalu sum, or by somo olher meuus. Sending tiiiBe coliogo prvfiilonta nnd collogo profoBSors to Munila to aludy hov bcat to doul with tho Phiiippi t problom ia uuotlior of Prealdont Mc Klnloy'B raah and rcckleBa porform uncof, looklng to (ho downfnll of tlila glorioua ropublic. It'a jusi awfull 1809. Montpollor Flfty Yoara Ago, Now, nnd Flfty Yoara Henoo. Tho yoar 1849 was an ovontful ono in tho hUtory ot Moutpellor. In that yoar lt bo gan lts career as a separato town from East Montpelier; in that yuar also tbe Vermont Central rallroad was oponed to Montpelier, nnd tbo ilrst traln of cars ontorod the place; lu tbat year tbo "Vermont Uatik," predocoB sor ot tbo "Flrst Natloual llank ot Mont pollor," was organlzed and comuiouced busluuss, and it was tbat year that the "Na tloual Llfo Iusurauco Company" was by its cbartor to orgautze und cotnmenco buslnosB, but was delayed ln tbls for ono year. Montpelier, "from lts pecullar locatlon into wblch all tbo lnatu roads couvorged througb rlver valleys from tho north aud south, tbo east and tho west bas from tbo beglnnlng been an lmportant btisluesB place, tompiing to mercuauts aud proteBslonal men, aud ropaylng good endeavors with abundaut succhbs." Witb thls thoughtin mlnd, and lu thls connection, it is Interost ing to recall and note that ut tho tlme ot wblcb I wrlto, 1849, mauj of tbo origlnal settlers and uclive buslness men of tho place in the oarly days wero tben ltvlng I pcoplo tho city wltb tbem In uiotnory eveu iu thls yoar of graco 1899 somo ol whom attalnod to great ga. Tliomas Davls 95, and bls brothor Jacob. who came to Mont pelier wltb tbelr fatber, the flrst Betller; Slmeon Dewoy 92. Jonuthun Bhenard 91. Captalu Nathau Jowelt 95, and bls hoii, tho lato Col. E. P. Jewett, 93, Batntlel Goss 90, Danlel Baldwin 89, aud bls elder brutber Sylvantis tben Uvlng tn OliiJ it I remem. ber rigbt uoted for his eutorprislng busl noas oplrit bero in tbo early days: Col Tliomas aud Muj r Ilezekiah llutchins Iieod, Dr. Julius Y. Dewoy, Ilon. John Spaldlug aud his brutber, Dr. James Spild- nig. josmia x. vau, Messrs.mias u. Frencu aud Nehoinlah llarvo.v, Ueneral E. P. Walton, IIou. Joseph llowea, Uon. Sm- uel Prentlss, Uon. Wllliam Upham, Judgo It. lt. K eltli, Hon, Ariiuab Wutormau, tloa. Cyrtls Wute, Jluu. .lonepu Ileed, Uon. J,u clns B. Pock, Mr, Miblou Cottrlll ot tlio "1'uvllloti," Mr. llenry Y. Ilarnes, IIou. D. P. Thompjuu, Mr. James U. Ijttigduu, who begau bls succossfui busluess career at a very early ago, aud thoso of u Somnwhat later date, Dsacon C. w. Biorrs ol bappy memory, Messrs, Tlmotby Croas, Hlcburd W. Hyde, Jereiniab T. Marsiou, aud IIou. llomor V . Iloatou. who outllved thein all, uud, comiug down to ourowu dav. 1899. has jtist passed away ut the ilpe ugu ot 87 years. l would not lull to meutlou ln tuls con nection tbat houorablu wumou, too, not a fow, aged yet uctlve ut that day, had como down from the earlv days ot tbe place, Mothers in Israel. I grleve to pass them by witbout numliig tbem. I soo them wlth tbe mind'd eye,face to face, as lt wero, many of tbem lu thelr ucciistomud seats in churcb lutuntly llsionlng to tho words of tbe pas tor, thau whom tbere was not anotber who, S.ibbatb after Sabbatb, coutinually Impart ed more Bplritual thoughtor ruvealed lu his Bermons uioio of the splrlt of the Master be for so many years served in Montpelier, It Ib not ueceBsary to liume lilm. His oieiuory Is htill fresh In tho mlnds of tbo peoplo ot the placo. They have all now, fathers and mothers of the early geuera ions, gone to tbelr rest, and many ol thelr chlldren wlth them. Tho place has greatly cbanged for tho bettor ln appearauco uud otberwlse iu the flfty yoarB tbat bavo passed Binco 1819. Otliors bave come tn and takon tbo place of the elder?, aud tbougb tho clry uud the clil zeris havo BuCtered mucb loss durlng the titne by flre, and by llooda, also, and by iu vestments ln the stock ot the Vermout Central nnd in tho Wells Ulver railroads of years past, and in western iuvestments in later years, yet it is silll place of much wealtb, busiuess actlvity aud enterprlso, and blils fair, tn the uext litty years yes lu balf tbat tlme it the ui .izeun improve tho present opporlunities and openings for its future welfare and pronperlty by coutrlb utlng as lndividuals or as a corporate body llberally towards tbo building of olectrlc railroads, such as the one througb the val ley ot Mad Itlver to Montpelier, thereby aecurlng tbe tiade aud busiuess of tbat sec tlon, aud anotber from Washington counec tlug witb electrio road from Barre to Mont pelier, thereby openlng up, developlng and aecurlng for the fl'.y u great industry, tbe cutting, droBaing, flniahlug and marketing of the superior aud beautiful inarble no where else found but In Washington. Theso roads secured, tbere wlll f illow ln due tlme electrio roads to other localllles, such as Worcester, Woodbury, and even Hardwick, to Cabot and Calais aud inturvening plar.ea; bo that it will bo for tho convenlencc and interest ot tbo resldents ln tbose places, as well as tbose on the line of tho steam rail roads, to do thelr tradlng ln Montpelier women as well as men leavlnc homes as far away a 8towe, Waterbury, Warren, Walts- Ilelu, Hortnneld, williamstown, aud Cuel sea, even whon the "electrlcs" reach there from Washington, aa tbey eventually will, aud otber places east and north before men tloned, having a pleasant ride lu tho cars, Bpending tbe day at tbe Capltal, visltlng thelr frlendB and dnlng tbeir Rhopping, hav ing large Btocks and varlety to select from at prlcea below what they can be auld for elBowhere, anu returnlug to thelr lioiues lu the afternoon without tbo fatigue of a long carriago rlde, bavlng had a pleasant and prnntame tiays outiug, Tbe two great electrio planta, tbe one at Middlesex and tbe other at Bolton Fails, wlll furnisb all tho power requlred for mauufacturinc and otber nurnoses at Mont pelier. Barre and other places in the county. rellevlng tho "Berlin water" from furniab- lng power lor tueae purpoaea, bo tliat a watermaln can be extended from Monipel lor to Barre, auppling that thrivlug city abundautly wltb tbe best o water, ol wlilcu there is plenty for botb citles, aud for tbe (IW'lllngs anu suop-t tuat wui evsntuany Uue tlio long Btreet uetween tnem, counecl lng tho two cltlea and it may ba iu tlme uniting them in one. I think it uo stretch of lmHglnatinn or a fancy sketch to Bay that, lon" before the nexn flfty years ex- pire, the bllls in tbe newly acquireil tnrri tory on tbe Berlin sldo ol tho city ot Mont peller, all tbo way froai tbe Colonel Lang don place below the rallroad brldge way up to and abovo tho "Ploneei" brldge, eveu to Dewoy Park, wlll bo terraced street ubove Btreet and llnod wltli pro"y cottages, owned and ocoupied by meohaoici engaged ln tbe various lndustrios ot tbe plaoi', the terrac.es aud yanls turfed auu kept greeu from spring uu ll full by tho atiitndant supply uud uio of tho tlerllu water, aud the Liug- don meadow tbe bomo of tbe tnercliants and tho manufaoturors of tbo years to come, Now seeuis to bo tbo opporrutio tlme to reach out aud securo the terrt'ory by meuus oi tuo etoctiii ruaus, tlio iiuhIiihsh ot wtitcii would center iu at Moutpellor permanently. lt. Condltton Such Could Not Go Out. In Pliyslclan'sCare Flve Mont lts. CUTICURA Cured in 1 Montli. I had cczcma on tho fuco for fivo montha, dur. ing wliicli timo I waa ln cnro of pliyakiaua, I coulii not go out. 1 1 waa going from lad to woree, whcn a frienil rccomme mUnl C'iiticuiu reiucdlca. After I waahcd my faco wlth Cuiicuiia HoAi-aud uacdCuricuiiA(olnttnciit)ait(lCUTicuiuUi!SOU vent It cliniigcil wondcrfully, rimf fn a montb my face leat uj cleun at ever. Tlioa. J. HOTII, 3j2Btagg8t., Brooklyn, N. V, Ciiticuha ItESOLVENT, grcntcat ol Wuoil nurl flera aml liuinor cxjiellcrii. purlfles tlio tilouil und clrculating llut.la of MuMou (imtin, aml llnn ro iiiovei tho cauir, wlillu warm batlis wllli ( i ti cuiia Soai', aml gentle anointinjrs with (H'Tit i'iia (plntmtnt), greutcst of emolllcnt Btln cures, clianiio tlio sklu aml Bcalp of cruets aml ncalcs, altajr Itclilng. burnlng, and tnnunimatlon. and tliui ootlio aml lieal tlieruoit tnrliirlng, illtllgur Ing liuniora of the kln, scalp. aml MooU, wlth losi of lialr, nlicu all other lemculea iall. 8otd lhrouhout the world. I'oitib I). akd O. Coir., Iropi.,UotlOD. UowlaL'ureTorturlngBklu Olicuiljre 8AVE YOUR HANWr'lrcun,?0Si,AnB,0rA0, ECZEMA ON FACE HEALTHY MATERNITY. Two Qratoful "Womon Toll of tho Mra. Plnkham. Tho olimax of lifo forco ln woman ia Tho flrst requlaito for a good tnothcr IJcalth of body means hoalth of tho li il Jl II "DnAn Mns. Pinhiiam: I am great bcliover in your Compound. I was almo&t despairlng of evor ngain belnjf well, us I was a great suileror, nnd had been for years. I auffcred from womk troublo, and had terrlblo bllnd ilts. After wrlting to you I tried your Com pound. Tho result was astonishing. I havo used it und advocated it ever sinco. In chllclblrth it is a perfeet. boon. I havo of ten said that 1 6hould liko to havo IU morits thrownon tho sky with asearch-llght, so that all women would read.and be convlnccd tltttt thoro is a remedy for thcir sufferings." A Mllllon Women havc been BeneTltcd by Mrs. Plnknam's Atlvice and Mcdlclna dusted polico forco. Ovcr 30 of hli mon alio vcrlfy the Granito Manufacturors. Tho stxth annual banquet of tho Barro Orauito Manufacturers assoclation was held Wednesday evenlng at tbe Pavillon. Des plte the storm the attendance was large. Noarly two hundred members of tbe aa Boctatlon and invlted guesta were preseuC and tbe occssion waa tborougbly enjoyable. The present ofllcers of tho aHaoclatlon aro: Jamns McKay, presldent; II. J. M. .Tones and J. A. Crons, vlce-presldentsj T. II. Cavo Jr secretary; VV. J. Illgman, treas urer. Tbo banquet committee whb conipoi edof II. J. M. Jones, It. C. Bowers, Wll liam Barolay, H. K. Buah, Wllliam Alox ander, John A. Cross and James McKay. An excellent menu, prepared ln the Pa vlllon's best style, was deftly served lu coursos by a corps of experlenced walters. To tbls pleaslng part of tbo programme an hour or moro was devoted, Wben clcars had beon reacbed Presldent McKay rapped for ordor. IIo sald the pleasure of the evoulng was a thlng of the gist, and tho torture was about to becln. peech making does not come natural to all of us; itisatalent not voucbsafed to the average granlte man. Mr. McKay spoke of tbe lncrease iu tbe granito buslness durlng tbe past year, and Htill the stato of trado is not all we could wlah It to be. The out look for tbo butldlng trade is now good, wbicb Ib a very encouraging feature. Dur lng the year to come the speaker boped to sue a lively interest taken in the work of the aseoclatlon. Mr. McKay told Beveral capltal storles, and lntroduced II. J. M. Jones as toast master for the evenlng. No better selectlon for thls lmportant positlon could bave been made. Mr. Jones lntroduced each speaker, alnger and per former witb a bappy btt, and kept the ball merrlly rolllng uutll tho program was com pleted. Mr. Jones sald he had not accepted tbe positlon because be was able to tlll it, but because no one else would take lt. In the absence, because ot Illness, of Mayor Senter, who waa to have dellvered an ad dress of welcome, Mr. Jonea, as a cltlzen ot Montpelier, gave tbe members of the as soclation a cordtal welcome to the Capltal city. IIo tben read lottors of regret from A. M. Ilunt of IBoston, F. W. Baldwin ot 8t. AlbauB, general superlntendont Cen tral Vermont rallroad, Albert Tuttle and Bon. Charles Dewey of Montpelier. He also read a telegram exteudlug the greetinga of Itlie National Retall Oranlte Dealer's as soclation, then in sesslon in Chicago. The mualcal part ol tho programme that followed iucluded piccolo solos by J. A. Ilutterfleld ot Boston, flute solos by Qeorge H. Wilder, cornet solos by L. ti. Ijeonard, negro solos by Neil C. Hainea, Scotcb songs by Duucan McMlllan, comic songs by John AnderBon, songs and violln solos by J. K. Simmers, aud a recitatton, "Casey at the Bat," by Ned O. Ilalnes. Durlng the ban quet mualo was furnlsbed by an oicbpstra composed of Bert Waterman of tbe How ard opera house orchestra Burlington, Qeorge II. Wilder, Ned C. Ilalnes and L. L. Leonard. All tbo mualcal uumbers were very cordlally recelved and each member wa- obllged to respond to an encore. Eugene Kulllvati of Barre was the flrst speaker. He was called upon to respond for the pioneora iu the polishing buslness. Mr. Sillllvan made one of his characteristic, unreportable speeches, and took hia seat anild lutul applause. C A. G. Jackson, edltor of tbe Evening Arijut, next reponded for "Tho Prens." He relerrtd partlcularly to Itbert Burns, aud the kuccchsIuI effort recently put lortli ln Barre to erect a mouument to tbe poet's memory. Mr Jackson closed by reading a purtiou of a poetn written by J, P. Marrof Barro, aud read at a recent Burns celebra tlon In tbat city. E A Chittenden of Ht. Albans, gehoful froigbt ugent of the Central Vermont rBil road, was next called upon, Mr. Chitten den bad not known untll be eutred the banquet hull that he would ba expecteil to hpnuK, but ho respondod in a very onter taliiliig manner, He sald be bad alwajs felt a doop luterest ln tbe granlte ludustry of Barre aud Montpelier, aud said that, us a representatlve of tbo trausportation proli lem, he had taken a real prlde In tho devel opment of tho bimlness lu Montpelier uud Barre, Mr, Chittenden referred to tbo early days of Barre, before tbo rallroad reached tbat vlllage, nnd cornpared tbe Barre uud .Montpollor ot today wltb tbose tiiui'H. He gavo tho granlte iudos'ry a largo sharo of tbo credtt for tbese Imprnved condlilotis and piedicted ovon better tbings for tbe ftmiro, Mr, Chlttendon's reuiarks woro given tbe clonesi. uttuton uud he wus loudlj cueored as bo took bls seat, E. A. Nutt rospondod brlilly for "Tbo Pross," referrlng partlcularly to tbe cordlal feoling nnd tuutual intorest that exihts be tweon the runvspapers of Barro aud Mont pelier aud tho granlte mauufuctures uud thelr varied buslness luterosts. Mayor J. W. Oordou und ex-Maynr E. L. Smithot Barro wero on the prograunuH f r reMpnnses to toasts, but botb were neces sarlly abaent. Slioitly after twelvo o'olook tbe prograiiiniH vas completed. Mr. Jones oxpres-iod tlio tbauks of tbo asHocIatlou to ull wbo bad coutrlbuted to tbe eveulng's eiitertuluuiont uud doclared tbe meetlng ud journed. Rudy Lirs Andacbar complexlon, tbo prlde of woman Havo you lost tlie-o chartUB througb torpld llrer, coustlpatlon, blllotiBnesB, or nervouanea? Dr, Agnow's llver pllla wlll restoro them to you. 40 little "KubleB" In u vlal 10 ceuts. Aot llko a cbarm. Nover grlpe. 4. 8old by W. E. Terrlll & Co., and Collius Blakoly. Holp Thoy Havo Reoolved ITroia capablo lnotherhood. is good licalth, gcnoratlvo organs. Kcad wliat lHrs. G. A. NONNAllAKJtB, BlufCton, Ohio, saya about Lydia E. I'ink ham's Vcgotablo Compound, and bow weX , lt proparcd hor for maternity: "Dba.ii Mrs. Pinkuami I must say a word in pratso of your Vogotablo Compound. I uscd thrco bottlcs of it whcn I wns prej- , nant, and labor was not nearly as lon; as it was with my othor b&blca; and my baby is so hoalthy to what th othcrs woro. I think cvery womaa ahould uso your Compound when preg nant, it will save them so much Bitffer ing1 and mlscry. I cannot sny enoufftt in praiso of it. If evr I nccd medioln again, I sball uso your Conlpotnd.,, The most succcssful tonlo known to mcdicino for womcn appronchlng' ma ternity is Lydia E, Plnklinm's Vcg- table Compound. It is a safcguar for cvery woman who iihes lt, and tho fullcst boncflt coiucs from its uso with Mrs. IMnkhum's ndvloa frcely oftored to all woman. Hor addrcss is Lynn, Mass. Ilcro is a convincin statement, bcaring' direotly on this Eubjcat, from Mrs. E. Bianop, of 1818 1'ncifio St., Brooklyn, N. Y.: Into tlio Btocklngi wlll relleva nchlng, imiirtlng, r fccti nlso exceasivc perspirnuon or tnu ieei. tirnof of thls. ask Lieut r . li'inn, or uuruoru clalm. lt eoothe and lioali all akin trouble Mr. Ilowilt for Uatiilcntiiin, We eincercly congratulate our dia tinguish d fellow townsman, Mr. Ab ram S. Hewitt, upon hia manly und sa gacioua deeluration that the SenaU oUL'ht to rotify the trenty of PariB. Aa Mr. Hewitt justly aaya, tho ratifl catlon of the treaty does uot imply that wo ahall exercieo aovereignty over otther tho rbilippinoa or Porto Itico, uor will it givo auy righta of cltizen ahip to the inhabltantB of the territory thua ocquired. That auhject will havo to be horeaftor treated by Cong'rnsa oni may poasibly come before the Unitcd Statea Supreme court. The preasinp; need of the momcnt ia to end the war with Spain, aud nothing but tbo ratifi cation of tho treaty of pence with that tiution will do it. Let the heaitating Scnators at Wash ington ponder Mr. Hewitt'a remarka and foliow hia wiso and patriotic ad vice. Now York Sun. " A dose ln tlme Baves lives." Dr. Wood' Norway Pine Syrupj nature's remedy for coughs, colds, pulmonary dlseases of every sort. TIME TABLES. Montpelier & Wells River R. R. In effect Feb. 2. lfW. Traln leaTtng Montpelltr m followi Golng eut; 8:05 A. M. Connects at Welli Itlver wlth AccommodaUoa Traln north, and wlth Mil traln Honth,OTr rmt nmnlc Illrlllon, Iloiton & Malne IU R. AUn tom nectt wlth Accommodatlon traln north Tla. Whlla Monntatn DItIhIoii. and wlth Mall Traln Hoatfc whlch bai tlirough Traln Henrlce from Wxlu ltivxa to lloiton, vla. i'ljmouth, Oneord, Maa cbetter, Naihaa and Lowell. 1:10 P. M. Connecti at Wells ltlier wlth Rxareit and MaU Traln north over 1'niumptlc DlTI.Ion I). H, I It. Koo Line Kxpreia to ht Paul aad Mlnneapolt Western Kxprei f r Chicago and Muht Exure for I'aclfle Coait I'olnta Tla. O. P. Uy. TlnooKh Hleeplm Can. Welli ItlTer to St. I'aul. Montrtat to Chicago, rtally oxcrt Katurclayl, Uonireal u PaclSo C'OHlt and Tourlit Cara to PaclUa Cot Wedneidaji. Alio connectt wlth Kxpreie Traaa for lloiton vla. rUmouth, and MaU Traln for Lav bon, Llttleton, WhlteBeld, Fabjani, Lascattar aael Ororeton. 4.15 P. M. Connecti at Wells Itlver wlth trato over faa surnpalc Illvlsion 11. AM.It. It. for Ht. JohDSbarr and I'olnts North; wlth Accommodatlon hoath tnr all statlons between Wells Itlver and WblM) Itlver Junctlon, and wlth Accommodatlnn Ira1 overwhlle Mountaln Dlvlilon, II. A M. It. R. Uc Ltabon, Llttleton, Whltefield aud Lancaiter. TltAINS WKST. Leave Wells Rlver-O.IB. 0.B8 A M. 3.30 P.K. Arrlvq Montp. ller-U.lO, 11,85 A. M. O o7 l'.ll. SUIJUHHAN TKAIN SbKVICK. Leave Mun'peUor-0.3o.0.45, 11.30 A.M. 3.1. 4.40.5.30 I'.M. Arrlve Ilarre-0.no, 10.05, 11.45 A. 91. 3.4, 4.55. 5.45 l'. Al. Leave Ilarre-7.30, 10 20. A. M. lt.30, 3.5. 5.05, 5 50 I". M. Arrlve Montpell r-7 45, 10.35 A, M, I3 4t 4.05,5.85,0.00 1. Al. W, A. STO Wh LI.. Oeneral Manager. K. W, 8 TAN VAN. Miperlntendeut, i; W. MOKSK, Ueu'l l'aas. Agent. Central Vermont Railroad. Uoinmenclng Oct. 3, 1898. ZVaiiw fJoinv South and East xatll Leavt Jfont peller at follows : 8! 55 A. AI. MAIL, for Fttchhnrg, Hostor. Spring Beld, New Londou and New York. Waguer Parior Crtr to lloston, wtthout change. larSO l. M. KAST TKAIN, for IlostO' vta Low. h11, and New York vla NprlngPetd, and Worcester vla NaRhiia, Waguer I'arlii Car to llniton. 5: 68 1'. Al. FASSKNHKU. for v I Klver Junctlon, connectlug wlth mlzed traln for Windsor. 18i40 A. Al. KXl'HKSS. for Hostci vta Lowell nrt all potuts lr New Kng'ud. New Yors nvfi Houth, Waguer Hleepers to lloston and to HprlugQeld. TVanu Uotn.Q North and ll'e.u :BO 1' 'Al. KXHKI'HH for MoniTw and the west, and week days for Ogdensbnrg, Klchford aud (ittaoa. Sleeplng cars Montpelier Junctlon to Montreal. IO:15A. At. l'ASHKMlKK, for llnrllnu ltnt. land, hl Albans, Ittchtord, and Kouies l'olnt makliu cuuuertlons for Troy, Albany and New Yort. 3 : 30 1 Al. PAHSENHEIt. for Ilurtlngroi t Al bans, Moutreul. Norwood and Offdensbarg Waguer l'arlor Car ro Mourreal wlthoot change. 5! 58 1. Al. KXI'HKXS for llurllllgton. t Al bau, and Ktnntrnal, rullmai sleeptuit car from Montpelier Junctlon to Chicago wlthont ehange. Due n Chicago :lli i'.sirieit ulght. Uonneots at Ksaei Junrtlnn for Troy, Albany and New Yorlc, Throngh ttckets to Chtcago aud all polnts West for iale at the prluclpat statlons. 8uburlian Trnln Herrloe. Iave Montpelier at 6:30, H i IS, 10:50, A. M., liM, l:vi, 8:20 F, u, Arrlve at Itarre twenty rninntei after leavlug Uaie, Iave Darre atSilO, 9:50 a. M Ilt.OO M 3:(,9tl0, UKyi, p. m. Arrlve at Montpelier, twenty uilu ntos after leavtng tlme. Tralus leave for WUllamstown at 1:M r. . and J:50r. M. Dally, Hundays Inclnded, t Bandayi only, All passenger tralns wlll ston at the IMoneerWorks, to take or leave passengers when slgnaled, 11. II. 11AILKY, Aicent. I. W. BALDWIN, Uoneral SDperlntendent B.W.CCMMIN08. Oeneral l'assenger Agent JU.